Cardiac Surgeon / Department Head
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Paul Fedak is a cardiac surgeon, translational scientist, and organizational leader at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Dr. Fedak is committed to innovating and translating new surgical therapies for patients with advanced heart disease.
Dr. Fedak graduated from the University of Toronto medical school and completed further training in cardiac surgery (FRCSC) and biomedical science (Ph.D.) in Toronto. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada awarded him a Detweiler Fellowship that supported advanced training in surgery for end-stage heart disease and complex valve repair at Northwestern University in Chicago. The Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR – now known as Alberta Innovates) and the University of Calgary recruited him as a surgeon-scientist. He developed the Campbell Family Translational Research Program that trains graduate students and aims to develop and validate novel therapies to treat cardiovascular disease. He pioneered novel sternal closure techniques and developed tissue engineering approaches to treat heart failure using biomaterials. He has expertise in surgery for bicuspid aortic valve and its associated aortopathy. He leads a collaborative research effort with Northwestern University in Chicago to better understand progression and risk prediction mechanisms.
He published over 220 peer-reviewed original manuscripts and numerous book chapters. His work has been cited over 18,000 times (H-index 57). Dr. Fedak serves as an Editorial Board Member for several biomedical publications, including the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. He holds leadership positions in the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and is a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA). He is recognized as a knowledge and opinion leader in cardiac surgery. He provides many internationally invited addresses, including a widely viewed TEDx talk.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT